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Sept. 6, 1932. new. scnulfiram 19875355 0mm 1mm;

Filed Dec. 12, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 6, 1932 GALLISTA oNErLn senlurm," on 'SAU ATUG oommcrrmun renown DOLL Application-filed December 12,..192e. S eria1. No..413,43.6v.*

Inan application No. 220,713, filed S ep-e tember 20', 1927, by Rose ONeillVVilson and myself, there is described a stuffed rag or cloth doll in which thecasing is made of pieces of certain shapesdesigned to secure economical production and attractive reflect.

The present application islbased on certain improvements upon the doll of the atoresaid' application, which improvements. are ap designs,

Figs. l and 2 illustrate theco1npleted doll in front and side elevation; v

F ig. 3 is a plan with thehead portion r plicablealso to stufieddoll's of various other 'Fi'gat is a side el'eyati'on of the lower p er-t ti'ons" 1 l t Figs. 5,. 6, 7 ,8 are patterns of different parts of the casing Figs.v 9, 1O, 11 and 1'2are pa-tternsof alternative. designs. for the leg and back 3 of "the casing;

Fig. 13 is a head; a V I Fig 14: a front elevation. of'a face Figs. 15, and 16 are alternative patterns. of front andback portions ofthecasi'ng, I

The face is printedfon ,a. piece of cl'ot'hfl shown separately in Fig, 1%,, which pressed into a inoldjso as to hayethe "features slight; 1y modeled, and isstiifened by a backing or, bnckraln 0r canvas containing, a littlestarchor adhesive, as describedin the previous ap; plication referred to. h s A The pattern for the backofi the head is indicated at 2, s'hown separately in Fig. 13, There are-two such pieces united by ayertifcal scam running. from the top of the forehead vertically around the back andyd'own to the base vof the neck, A dart Sat the sides has its edges sewed together fto giye] the desired rounded. shape. The edges] 4; are then stitched around the top and sides ef'the ,fac'e. The seams are indicated.- in Figs. 1 and; 2'.

' In thepreferred form,"Figs; 5i toj 8, body is formedof two;symmetrical pi'eces 5 itu ns't e bec ie e strm l ri alp e 6 constitnti ig'the fronp' ng tw Pairs of pattern of the casing, of

' pieces 7 and Sjfeach pair for-min the figont of one of the legsinclnding the cot.

Each back piece 51 inclndes a back portionf 9--o-fone of the arms, and each front piece 61 mol'ndes a front portion IO'rof one arm. The backpieces. are symmetrical with each other and" sewed along z'i central edge 11- These edges have aconcaye portion 12-inl-ine with; the shonl'ders so that when the two central edgesare sewed'together, as shown in Fig, 2, the fconc'aveportions 12 ofthe seam pull the shoulders aronndand bring the arms to a natural. position with-:the' hands inclining slightly forward and. the thumb portion I3. at th-e front. 7 r l The concave. portion 12isentirely within that part of the'dfoll fromthe ..uppelf edge of the shoulders to the arm pits, this ortion being designated in the claims as the 'houlr,

der zone;

This method'of securing a natural position fo'r,,the' arms is an improvement '0Ver;the previous scheme of'securing such a position by takingup the cloth at the frontzof the shoulder line, i

The two. symmetrical front PQ itlOIIS em sewed'tol ether' along thecentral fronts eam 14 and t e front is then sewed'jto the haelg' alongtheside edges 15 of the front and I6 of the back and around the edges of the arm,

portions. The edges of the wingportions l? :are sewedf together so asto leave a small;

comparatively j fi'at projiection The upper e e I8 of the front pieces is designedjto lV el es e m. p ng ownwar the front to. g ve a slight forward; inclination to the headn jfhe edge l9 'of fb'aekportions, forming the back line of'the neckfis quite short; Thecomparati've lengthpf the front indgackseamsformingthe neckis' shown in" 1g. j. 1 v r I,

Each'legriscompo sedof two pieces-7 and 8' formingthe front, and an extension 2on1. oneof the pieces'5 forming theback of. the 'The edg s 21' and 22'; of the pieces}? and 8 =for1n the front seam and 'giye the plump rounded contours desired, The edge 2310f, the prepe 7 is stitched to the edge24j oi the 311520 to form thein'ner seamand the edge 25 t e piece 8 to. he ge 6' of thep rlt 20 to form] the outer K seam-s The edges of ii dart 27' at the bottom of the back portion 20 the edge 16 and the stitching alongt is edge of the leg,

are sewed together to form a longitudinal seam under the bottom of the foot extending to about the middle. From this point onward the bottom seam of the foot is formed by the edges 28 and 29 of the portions 7 and 8, the

seam being continued forward around the toe portions 30 and 31 and able length between the bottom of this scam and the tops of the legs. When the back seam alongthe edges 11 is formed, its length is much greater than that of the front seam along the edges 14 so that the lower end 33 of the back seam can be brought vertically downward and then horizontally forward tothe lower end 34 of the front seam and provide the wide seat desired. The upper edges 35 and 36 of the front leg portions will be'stitc'hed to the lower edge 37, 38

of thefront of the body, with the point 39 of the leg portion 7 meeting the point 34 of the front body portion. Thus thepoints 33, 34 and 39 are brought together to form the crotch. This point is formed by the meeting of the seams 40,-Figs. 1 and 2, with the seam down vthe front of the body at 14, Fig. 1 and the seam 41 at the inside of the leg. From this point to the rear there is the central back seam only, but the horizontal seam 40 stops at the outer side of the leg as shown in Fig.

At the outer edge of the back portions the seat portion 32 is widened to form a roughly triangular portion 42. The bottom of the side edge 16, that is the point 43,is

connected with the top of the leg portion at the point 44. The surplus cloth 42 serve to broaden the seat and square it off at the sides. The point of it is folded u under takes in also the edges of the part 42 so that we have exactly the fullness required in the sitting portion without any substantial projection of cloth in the upright position. In

" the finished doll the edges 42 are stitched together from the point 44a of the angular projection to the points 43 and 44 and these edges are laid on the inside of the edge 16 from the point 43 upward and are stitched thereto.

It will be observed that this construction avoids a seam at the joint between the legs and the body running clear through the fig ure as is c'ommon to form this joint in pre- V1011S dolls.

There is a. connection between the body and the legs. at the front and an integral connection at the back, but the joint is tubular, so that the whole figure can be. stuffed atone operation I thus secure a thence up the front,

good shape and convenience and economy in the stuffing of the doll. The body and legs may be made continuously tubular, that is, with open joints without necessarily making the back pieces integral from end to end.

Figs 9 to 12 show patterns for such a scheme. Each leg is made separately of three pieces, an outer side portion 45, an inside back portion 46 and an inside front portion 47. These are... sewed Wtogether along the edges 48 and 49 to form an inside seam. Thei'r outer edges 50 and 51 are sewed to the edges 52 and 53 respectively of the outside piece, the seambeing continued around the bottom of the foot. A back piece 54 is similar to the upper part of the piece 32, Fig. 5. The same front (Fig. 8) is'used. The upper edge 55 of the'outer portion of the leg is sewed half to the bottom of the back, brought around the side and sewed half to the bottom of the front. The back portion 46 of the leg is sewed through the bottom edge of the back 54, and the upper edge of the front portion 47 of the inside of the leg is sewed to the lower edge of the front. A continuous tubular construction is preserved, although there is a seam entirely around the joint.

Figs. 15 and 16 illustrate a construction involving the smallest number of pieces, although it will not give so graceful or flexible a doll. There are two back pieces 56, similar to the piece 5 of Fig. 5, and two front pieces 57 each constituting acombination of a body portion and a leg portion. The leg portion 58 at the front corresponds substantially to the two portions 7 and 8 (Figs. 6 and 7 joined together along their front seam.

The pieces shown in Figs. 15 and 16 will form a more upright doll. For this purpose the position of the head should be brought forward as compared with that of Fig. 2. This is effected by changing the upper contour of the front and back portions. The dotted lines 19 in Fig. 15 show the top of the pattern in Fig, 5, by comparison with the line 59, which in turn is shown dotted in Fig. 5.

Similarly Fig.16 shows in dotted lines 18 the upper edge of the pattern in Fig. 8, by comparison with the line 60 of the edge of Fig. 16, which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8. These contours may be changed in any case between the limits indicated and even to a wider extent, to change the posture of the head as desired.

The body should be stuffed lightly at the shoulder so as to leave the joint flexible and to assist in causing the arm'to lie flat against the side under the natural pull due to the shape of the parts of the casing.

It will be understood that the casing may be made of various other fabrics.

Various other modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as defined in the following claims.

What I claim is: p Y

1. A stuffed cloth doll made of acasing having a front and aback of the body, the back of the body being of substantially greater length than the front, connected at the top with the top of the front and brought down and forward to form a back and a seat, the back having its side edges near its lower end extended outwardly and thence inwardly to provide an extra width of material and being folded to bring the outward and inward extending edges into alignment with each other and with the edge immediately thereabove, and being secured on these edges to each other and to the lower portion of the side edges of the front.

2. A stuffed cloth doll made of a casing having a front and a back of the body, the back of the body being of substantially greater length than-the front, connected at the top with the top of the front and brought down and forward to form a back and a seat, the back piece havingangular projections, one from each side edge at its bottom and folded to bring the edges of these angular projections on opposite sides of the apex thereof into alignment with each other and with the edge immediately above said angular projections, said edges being secured to each other and to the lower portion of the side edges of said front.

3. A stuffed cloth doll comprising a casing with front and back body portions, each including a front and back of an arm, the back being in two pieces joined by a Vertical seam, the vertical edges being concaved in line with the shoulders so as to draw the shoulders back, the back body portions being longer than the front portions and brought forwardly at the lower part of the body to form a seat the back piece having angular projections, one from each side edge at its bottom andfolded to bring the edges of this angular projection on opposite sides of the apex thereof into alignment with each other and with the edge immediately above said angular pro jections, said edges being secured to each other and to the lower portion of the side edges of said front.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

CALLISTA ONEILL SOHULER. 

